"Ed Rasimus" wrote in message
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On Mon, 8 Mar 2004 10:22:38 -0800, "Tarver Engineering"
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"Cub Driver" wrote in message
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On Sun, 07 Mar 2004 18:37:53 -0500, Stephen Harding
wrote:

IIRC, the average age of the Vietnam grunt was quite young

25 WWII
21 Korea
19 Vietnam

Might I direct you to "Stolen Valor" as well. Burkett effectively
debunks the legend of the 19 year old average for Vietnam. He's got
the numbers in print.

Average warrior age in Vietnam was a lot closer to 22.

I'll have to take your word for it, but the leaving home of the Guard, the
age of Draft and many Volenteering for a senior trip in their late teens
makes it nearly a statistical impossibility for the Vietnam conflict to have
older soldiers than Korea.